Table A1. Initial sample sizes at the beginning of the transplant experiment and how many of those samples were recovered at the six-month and one-year time point by site. No mortality was observed, rather, environmental disturbances such as Hurricane Issac resulted in the loss of samples.

Region

Transplant Site*

Origin

Initial N‡

N collected at Six Months§

N collected at One Year

Total N Lost

Lower Keys

Inshore

Inshore

30

15

15

0

Lower Keys

Inshore

Offshore

30

15

15

0

Lower Keys

Offshore

Inshore

30

15

12

3

Lower Keys

Offshore

Offshore

30

15

12

3

Lower Keys

In-novel

Inshore

30

15

13

2

Lower Keys

Off-novel

Offshore

30

15

14

1

Middle Keys

Inshore

Inshore

30

13

13

4

Middle Keys

Inshore

Offshore

30

15

10

5

Middle Keys

Offshore

Inshore

30

5

6

19

Middle Keys

Offshore

Offshore

30

10

5

15

Middle Keys

In-novel

Inshore

30

13

5

12

Middle Keys

Off-novel

Offshore

30

13

12

5

* See Materials & Methods: Experimental Design for site names and coordinates.

Table A5. Wald test statistics for individual factors and interaction terms for total lipid (mg/cm²). It is important to note lipids were only measured for the lower keys “cross-channel” samples at the one year time point.

Fig. A2. Coral fragment skeletons at the completion of the experiment showing coral growth over the initial cut margins. Red line indicates original cut margin.

Fig. A3. Percent weight gain is independent of initial fragment size.

Fig. A4. Mean phenotypic trait values ± SE of corals at each site and time point. Significance of post-hoc pair-wise comparisons are derived from MCMCglmm models. O: effect of population origin; T: effect of transplant destination, OxT: effect of the origin by transplant interaction.